Jee how surprised they yeah yes he does he does okay thank you Nancy I would like to call the 7 PM work session meeting to order need have a roll call please yes here herey yes here here said yes Nancy can I have a reading of the open work session statement please okay okay good of the open meetings act have been satisfied with respect to this meeting wow specifically the time date and location the anual notings adopted by the governing body posted in the municipal building by the P of clerk's office and sent to at least two newspapers including the official newspaper of the T the news and the B additionally to the extent known the agenda for this meeting and whether formal action will be taken was posted in the municipal building by the town clerk's office and sent to at least two newspapers including the official newspaper of the townwood news and posted on our municipals the thank you d can you please confirm finance committee have reviewed and signed vouchers they have thank you please have a motion to open the 10-minute public comment period 10-minute public comment period two minutes per speaker for public comment on any governmental issue that a member of the public FS may be of concern to the residents of the township of wov so move okay second please yes Mr mad yes Mr yes yes now all right congratulations Mr Mayor uh Janet could you please just state your name again sorry Janet Tumi thank you thank you very much you're very welcome welcome as mayor and thank you for your service thank you um well I just wanted to say how sad we are to hear that uh our uh our our fellow uh committee person had to retire and uh cuz he has uh Scott was a wonderful person and very interested in everybody interested in our issue at Spring Meadow and enthusiastic about it too so um we are very sorry about that and we intend to send a thank you note uh Nancy when I send you the note you can send it on to him too thank you so much and um okay well that's that's the only uh uh thing I wanted to say at the beginning of the meeting so um well maybe uh later on I'll think of the other question that I wanted to think of thank you thank you seeing and hearing no one else I move to close public comment second Mr boa yes Mr madigin uh yes Mr Shanley yes oh sorry and mayor mayor melon yes with an affirmative vote the motion is approved Matt we please have a review of the 8m business meeting agenda absolutely uh we have a resolution for t uh Redemption of tax sale for 339 West Stevens uh we are awarding a contract to Valley Medical Group uh contract number 20236 which is a wolf contract that's a contract for our wolf Cooperative pricing group between woff Oakland in Franklin Lakes uh this is for firefighter medical surveillance and respiratory protection and crossing guards vision and hearing uh testing for 2020 4 and 2025 uh we have a resolution authorizing a shared service agreement for the compliance of our bloodborne pathogens mandate with the county of Bergen uh and there are uh several other ordinances but they're U routine we also have three ordinances for introduction the first is uh an ordinance 202 sorry 2002 uh which sets our 2024 sore rate sore charges 2003 which is an ordinance um to amend and supplement chapter 15 claims approval of the code of the township of whiteoff and just uh to clarify this is to pretty much eliminate the claimant certification which is the signature of the vendor on our purchase orders uh for most items with the exception of Professional Services personal services and per personal reimbursements um as permitted by a change in the New Jersey Administrative Code um no other change still requires all the signatures of the governing body all the signatures of our Township offical of our uh elected sorry of our uh department heads and myself and the CFO uh but we're trying to speed up the process of getting our vendors paid so we no longer need to mail them a copy of the purchase order um we're in the process of uh streamlining a lot of our finance functions and one of the things that we hopefully will be able to do within the next I'm going to say by the end of this quarter is once these purchase orders are actually cut the vendor will be receiving them by email uh as their info copy since we don't have to mail them a copy for Signature and mail back so it's uh going to hopefully save us on some postage as well and finally 2024 is an amendment to our salary order ordinance and this fixes the rate of compensation for our part-time seasonal winter uh employees in the Public Works office uh public works department um couple about two years ago when I got here we uh brought the plowing uh we used to have a contract or we used to contract with some independent contractors to drive our trucks and after speaking with our insurance company some liability uh for liability purposes we've decided to bring them in as employees so that they're covered under our insurance um and we just need to set their salaries uh so that we can pay them since we've had uh several snow and ice storms so far we have one motion for approval which will be read during the public meeting uh during the business meeting and that's all with regard to the agenda just some updates as I mentioned DPW has been out uh busy the last two weeks with snow and rain thanks to Joe vanderplatt and his crew and his staff uh for their efforts uh this is the last week for Christmas tree pickup if they weren't out by Monday we may have probably already missed you uh but give Heidi a call in public works and we may be able to help you out um Ridgewood water did have a water main break on Thursday at the corner of Ratcliff and Colgate uh they were able to fix it under pressure with resulting in no service Interruption uh the Ridgewood water ases raw water main project uh will begin either on the 29th or the 5th depending on material availability a onorab sign should be going up in the area of Hartung this week if it isn't already up um and uh Mark de Janeiro participated in and Joe Vander plat and Brian zovich from police uh participated in that preconstruction last week State came out with two grants this past two weeks the first one is uh a renewal of the spotted Lantern fly Grant will be sub an application for that or preparing an application for that U for approval at our next meeting and the fiscal year 2024 Recreation Improvement Grant by the dgs guidelines were released uh we're currently working uh with recre and Public Works to come up with ideas for submission um that Grant is due on the 27th so I would expect that resolution sorry the 27th of February so I would expect that resolution at our second meeting in February third Grant we're working on uh is uh looking to see if we're going to apply again for um ARP sorry not ARP afg America assistance for firefighters Grant we did hear back from FEMA today with some feedback as to our application don't know if we're going to be able to overcome some of the hurdles as to the scoring which eliminated Us in the um initial round but we will uh be looking at that that Grant is due I believe in April uh now that we are in our third year of our shared service agreement with Glenrock for the provision of Municipal Court Staffing uh we will be having our quarterly a required quarterly meeting uh in the next couple weeks uh with the administrator uh of Glenrock or I will we having um I this is a perfect opportunity for us to open a dialogue with them especially since we have a new judge so the court administrator our judge um and since uh and the and the administrator from Glenrock will be involved um and one of our options uh in our current agreement is that in the third year of the agreement the township of whiteoff uh can Avail oursel of a two-year extension of the of the agreement uh so we'll be having opening that discussion and seeing if we can extend our contract for two more years or if we need to negotiate a new contract uh want to congratulate Dave Murphy on his upcoming installation as as president of the Burton County Police Chiefs Association and I look forward to celebrating with him next week and then finally I just want to congratulate Alison the new captain of the ambulance Corps all her officers uh that were installed uh about 10 days ago and the membership and the police officers who were recognized for their heroic and uh meritorious actions uh specifically CPR saves uh during 2023 and that is my entire report thank you Matt Township committee reports Tim okay I'll be as brief as I can uh I attended the ambulance Corps dinner where they installed their officers and their new captain uh at the at the Brownstone and while it was snowing outside so I even you know I left right around dessert time just to make sure I got home without getting stuck in the snow but it wasn't so bad so I want to congratulate the new captain and wish her the wish her luck I attended the uh fire department uh their annual their monthly meeting and U visited each of the firehouses uh with the cap with the um with uh with the uh Chief and um it was it was a pleasure being there and introducing myself as the 2024 fire commissioner the Ramapo Indian Hills board had their reorganization meeting and and they appointed Kim anch as the uh from Franklin Lakes as the chair and the vice chair is Mariana emo from woff uh and they had their um annual meeting their reorg meeting I'm sorry and uh they actually hired a search firm for the new administrator and that's all I have thanks thank you Tim uh Rudy thank you mayor okay um planning board meeting last week um mayor and I attended we welcomed new member Rob cman um there was only really one item on the agenda it was a uh an application from Harker's Jewelers and watch uh store um to really do some renovation they add a second floor on part of the building but they reduced another part of the building they they improved handicap access to the building and that was approved um attended a Northwest Bergen sewer meeting with with Tom Madigan and um Mark de Janeiro and uh Matt cavalo um and uh this is to do with the wav theart Tong Drive wav sewer project and I think we made we made some progress there it's going to be a lot of work to do yet um historic preservation commission last Tuesday canceled the meeting due to bad weather the Board of Health uh meeting is this Thursday was rescheduled this Thursday night um from last Thursday night and uh I think that's it that's it I think that's it thank you thank you Tom before I start my report I just want to recognize Mrs Tumi and Mrs Carbone who Brave the storm to come out this evening either you have absolutely nothing to do in your lives or you're very dedicated I know you're very dedicated they I appreciate it I think we appreciate it and Mr nal's in the back loyal visitor to uh the chamber and we really appreciate you taking the time out as well couple of things uh W board W board meeting was last night we had a very positive meeting we had full full attendance of all the members of the rec board with the exception of Jeff aish um we're all saddened by his loss and um we had good discussions last night on a myriad of topics including a commitment to uh meet in February to discuss uh some goals and objectives that we could have this year for the uh the recreation uh Advisory Board um we have a uh initial Finance meeting uh for the budget is planned for this Friday so I look forward to meeting with the the team and going over some of the initial budgetary issues that's are on our plate for 2024 and uh as always uh the finance committee um Pete myself will share meeting in our progress with the governing body along the way I was at the Chamber of commer meeting this morning along with uh the mayor who was the guest speaker Mr melon addressed the uh chamber was pretty well attended for a snowy morning uh Rudy bster was there as was our administrator Matt cavalo and a good group of people and it was a very positive meeting was held at Blue Moon and uh people thanked hoe Felix BR for hoe Felix Brad for his long Service as president of the Chamber of Commerce and uh was just a good meeting and I too want to publicly uh congratulate Dave Murphy as he takes the helm as presid president of the Bergen County Police Chiefs Association and uh as well look forward to the celebration on the 26th and uh I think that's all I have thank you thank you Tom um I also attended the ambulance dinner it was a great dinner and I just want to Echo what uh Matt said and congratulate the new officers and Captain uh Allison um I attended the MNT uh ribbon cut cutting the other day for the renovations of their new interior space it came out great um I also attended the planning board meeting with uh with Rudy and uh as Tom mentioned um I was the guest speaker at the Chamber of Commerce uh this morning and it was a great turnout despite the snow actually I think it was better driving at 8:00 a.m. than it was at 9:15 a.m. much easier um yeah it was a lot easier um and I want to congratulate um Kelly Tannis for new president of the uh Chamber of Commerce and that is all I have for my report tonight if I may Circle back yes um I also wanted I was out early this morning as I am always on Monday and I want to thank our DPW they were out early they did a great job this morning I also want to thank surprisingly enough the County DPW the county roads were in very good shape even early they were so uh everyone did a very good job and and of course our our police force is always out they patrolling and I want to thank them as well so and also um to Cong to reiterate to congratulate Dave Murphy on his uh he brings he makes white proud he's the president of the police Chiefs Association which is great thank you yes sir DPW did a great job yeah they did tough storm when it goes to snow then rain sleep and freezing over keeping up salt in the roads with all that ice out there and tell you wof was in great shape and you went drove through some other towns they weren't as great so we have a great DPW um just before we get to the report Township attorney um Janet just reminded me uh Scott was on the subcommittee for that walkway sidewalk looking in um and I know Rudy was on it too I think we um Tom if you don't mind to step in on it because I think maybe Scott probably knew the most Rudy second and you third about that subject over be happy to sure everyone's in a help absolutely keep pressing okay um Dave Township eternity report uh I don't have anything really to report legally and it's probably a good thing so um but I just want to uh reiterate I was out on the road early this morning too and our DPW does do a great job the roads were clear so good job thank you motion to a joural work session second yeah Mr BTO yes Mr Madigan yes Mr Shanley yes and mayor melon yes affirmative vote the motion is approved we do have a lot of time